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18 ʻOiauē ki he fonua ʻoku mumuhu ai ʻa e fanga ʻinisēkite kapakaú

ʻI he vahefonua ʻo e ngaahi vaitafe ʻo ʻItiopeá!+

 2 ʻOkú ne fekauʻi atu ha kau talafekau ʻi tahi,

ʻO nau kolosi ʻi he ngaahi vaí ʻi ha ngaahi vaka pepailo, ʻo ne pehē:

“Mou ō, ʻa kimoutolu kau talafekau veʻe-vave,

Ki ha puleʻanga lōloa mo kili hamolemole,*

Ki ha kakai ʻoku ilifiaʻi ʻi he feituʻu kotoa pē,+

Ki ha puleʻanga mālohi mo ikuna,*

ʻA ia ko hono fonuá kuo tafiʻi atu ʻe he ngaahi vaitafé.”

 3 Ko kimoutolu kotoa ʻa e kakai ʻo e fonuá mo kimoutolu ʻa e kau nofo ʻi he māmaní,

Ko e meʻa ʻoku mou sio ki aí ʻe hangē ia ha fakaʻilonga* kuo fokotuʻu ʻi he ngaahi moʻungá,

Pea te mou fanongo ki ha leʻo hangē ko e ifi ʻo ha meʻaifí.

“Te u nonga ai pē pea sio atu ki* hoku feituʻu kuo fokotuʻu maʻú,

ʻO hangē ko e vela ʻa e huhulu mai ʻa e laʻaá,

Hangē ko e konga ʻao hahau ʻi he taimi vela ʻo e utu-taʻú.

 5 He ki muʻa ʻi he utu-taʻú,

ʻI he taimi ʻoku ʻosi atu ai ʻa e fisí pea hoko ai ʻo motuʻa ʻa e kālepí,

ʻE tuʻusi atu ʻa e ngaahi hulí ʻaki ʻa e ngaahi hele ʻauhani

Pea ʻe tuʻutuʻu ʻo toʻo ʻa e fanga kiʻi vaʻavaʻá.

 6 ʻE tuku kotoa kinautolu ki he fanga manupuna fekai ʻo e ngaahi moʻungá

Pea ki he fanga manu ʻo e māmaní.

ʻE kai mei ai ʻa e fanga manupuna fekaí ʻi he faʻahitaʻu māfaná,

Pea ko e kotoa ʻo e fanga manu ʻo e māmaní te nau kai mei ai ʻi he taimi utu-taʻú.

 7 ʻI he taimi ko iá ʻe ʻoatu ha meʻaʻofa kia Sihova ʻo e ngaahi kau taú,

Mei ha puleʻanga lōloa mo kili hamolemole,*

Mei ha kakai ʻoku ilifiaʻi ʻi he feituʻu kotoa pē,

Mei ha puleʻanga mālohi mo ikuna,*

ʻA ia ko hono fonuá kuo tafiʻi atu ʻe he ngaahi vaitafé

Ki he feituʻu ʻoku uiʻaki ʻa e huafa ʻo Sihova ʻo e ngaahi kau taú, ʻa Moʻunga Saione.”+